Results for "Phil Bancroft"

Meet Joseph Bowie and Oliver Lake

by Cheryl K.
September 19, 2024

In this hour, an interview with trombonist Joseph Bowie and saxophonist, composer, painter, and poet Oliver Lake, two members of the interdisciplinary arts ensemble BAG--Black Artist Group. The reissue label, WeWantSounds, is set to release its long-lost concert recording “For Peace and Liberty--In Paris, Dec. 1972." BAG was founded in St. Louis, MO in 1968 and ...

New ECM Releases, Shorter Live, And More

by Bob Osborne
September 12, 2024

ECM records continue to release an eclectic range of remarkable music which transcends narrow genre classifications and offers the listener the chance to explore new sounds and experiences. Four excellent new releases from that label are featured on this episode. In addition there is a fascinating and varied mix of new releases yet again proving that ...

India Gailey, Michael Pagán, Findkestilts, Jay Sanders and more

by Cheryl K.
July 25, 2024

During this week's two-hour program of Jazz and improvised music--cellist and vocalist India Gailey, pianist Noah Haidu, the quartet Findkestilts, and mandolinist Hamilton de Holanda and pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba. Playlist Dinah Washington “I'll Never Stop Loving You" from Dinah Washington (Roulette) 2:14 Lori Bell “Black Narcissus" from Recorda Me: Remembering Joe Henderson (Lori Bell) ...

New Music From Luke Stewart, Ben Sidran, Dan Loomis, Tomeka Reid, And More

by Bob Osborne
June 6, 2024

On this edition all new releases from Luke Stewart Silt Trio, Ben Sidran, Dan Loomis, Tomeka Reid, Ray Obeido, Wes or No Trio, Manos Loutas Quartet, two albums from Phil Bancroft, Natsuki Tamura & Jim Black, Andy Milne and Unison, Foreign Affair Trio feat. Hector Martignon, Chris Zuar Orchestra, Countermeasure and The Burlington New Millennium Orchestra, ...

Phil Bancroft

Born: January 29, 1967

Jack Cortner Big Band / Peter Hand Big Band / Chicago Jazz Philharmonic

by Jack Bowers
September 2, 2009

Jack Cortner Big Band Sound Check Jazzed Media 2009 For someone who waited so long before taking his first swings as leader of his own big band, Jack Cortner shows again on Sound Check, the band's second impressive recording in as many years, that he's got game. He's ...

Colin Steele: Stramash

by Chris May
July 6, 2009

According to Scottish trumpeter Colin Steele's sleeve notes, a life-threatening quantity of whisky was consumed during the composing process for Stramash, an exuberant bacchanal of jazz and Scottish folk music. Steele took himself away to the island of Islay, off the west coast of Scotland, to focus on the writing and to embrace, frequently and enthusiastically, ...